If you have the retail version of Malwarebytes installed on your Windows computer, you can easily run a full scan to check your computer for malware infections that might not be detected by your antivirus software.

If you are running the retail edition of AVAST antivirus, the business edition of AVAST antivirus or the AVAST Cloudcareedition of antivirus, you can follow these steps to run a scan of your computer.

Email can be hacked in a variety of ways. One such method is tricking people into opening an infected email attachment. Once opened, the email account and contact list can become vulnerable to the hacker.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to provide 100% complete protection from hackers and spammers. But don’t despair, that’s no reason to throw out all the computers and go back to paper and pencil. There are recommended best practices for businesses to follow that can help better protect your network, your Windows devices, and your business-critical data.

Educate your staff how to recognize a phishing attempt (ie. fake email or fake website).

It’s one of the best and cheapest methods to defend your office from hacking and virus infection.

It can happen to anyone. Sometimes all it takes is opening an infected email attachment or entering your email username and password into a website portal that turns out to be fake. Unfortunately, with the way digital technology works, if you're connected to the internet, you can be hacked. Here are ten steps you should take when your email account is hacked.

Diversified customers report receiving emails or form submissions through their website from people claiming to be photographers. These emails claim that photos used on the customer's website are stolen. The intent of the sender is to convince the recipient of the email to click on hyperlinks within the email thereby opening themselves up to virus infection.

Even the most sophisticated security plan may not protect you from an employee that clicks on a bad hyperlink, that attempts to open a dangerous email attachment, or that allows a fake technician to remote into their computer. The well-meaning employee is often the weakest link in your security plan. Hackers know this which is why they target your employees daily with email phishing campaigns, popups, browser redirections and alerts urging them to call fake technicians.

Do not click within an email purporting to offering a free 6-month subscription extension to Logmein. This email is a phishing attack that attempts to steal your Logmein username and password.